Thanks to everyone with your help. Especially the pictures of the parts in the steering gear. It was a little awkward getting to the clamp bolt to tighten it, but the big nut turned up several turns to tight. And now the steering is like a new sports car. The tie rod ends are just a little loose, but basically the whole steering is completely rejuvenated and really good. Better than its ever been since I bought it about 30 years ago. My wife will think she is mowing with a new BMW sports car! Thanks again for all of your help. Now, how do I get these grease spots out of these white bras and bikini underwear?

John *.?-!.* cub owner wrote:take the cotter key out and turn the seat in with a screw driver.

This will tighten the tie rods at the spindles. If you need to tighten them up at the center arm, remove the bolt that holds the two halves (top and bottom) of the "keeper" together. There should be shims between the two halves. Remove shims until the sockets in the "keeper" hold the ends snugly again.

Michael CummingsEddie - a 1959 International Lo-Boy named after my father in law, who who bought her new.

John *.?-!.* cub owner wrote:take the cotter key out and turn the seat in with a screw driver.

This will tighten the tie rods at the spindles. If you need to tighten them up at the center arm, remove the bolt that holds the two halves (top and bottom) of the "keeper" together. There should be shims between the two halves. Remove shims until the sockets in the "keeper" hold the ends snugly again.

After making these adjustments (inner or outer) you need to run the steering fully from side to side to make sure there is no binding. This can happen if the balls are worn out of round.

mountain4don wrote:What thread size are these as I will have to go buy one?

1/4-28 taper

You have to pay close attention to the parts manual on this. On Lo-Boys only, serial # 4802 and up, the zerk is 3/16 straight drive type. Available at NAPA. I needed one on my Lo-Boy as the hole was full of grease and dirt and no zerk. Took some extra digging through the parts manual.

mountain4don wrote:What thread size are these as I will have to go buy one?

1/4-28 taper

You have to pay close attention to the parts manual on this. On Lo-Boys only, serial # 4802 and up, the zerk is 3/16 straight drive type. Available at NAPA. I needed one on my Lo-Boy as the hole was full of grease and dirt and no zerk. Took some extra digging through the parts manual.

If these are straight drive type, how do I get the broken off piece out of the hole? Do I need to drill it out to the correct size? I guess I could go to NAPA and buy one and mike it and use a slightly smaller bit to ream the hole close? Now I need to go figure out how to adjust the tie rod ends with a screwdriver? Where do you all find pictures of this sort of stuff like someone did earlier on this thread. That was a great help for me?

mountain4don wrote:If these are straight drive type, how do I get the broken off piece out of the hole? Do I need to drill it out to the correct size? I guess I could go to NAPA and buy one and mike it and use a slightly smaller bit to ream the hole close? Now I need to go figure out how to adjust the tie rod ends with a screwdriver? Where do you all find pictures of this sort of stuff like someone did earlier on this thread. That was a great help for me?

Take the assembly apart and use a small punch to drive it out the bottom.